They say, she announced - they say that when you get old, as I am, your body slows down. I don't believe it. No, I think that is quite wrong. I have … - Gerald Durrell

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They say, she announced - they say that when you get old, as I am, your body slows down. I don't believe it. No, I think that is quite wrong. I have a theory that you do not slow down at all, but that life slows down for you. You understand me? Everything becomes languid, as it were, and you can notice so
much more when things are in slow motion. The things you see! The extraordinary things that happen all around you, that you never even suspected before I It is really a delightful adventure, quite delightful

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About Gerald Durrell

Gerald "Gerry" Malcolm Durrell (7 January 1925 – 30 January 1995) was a naturalist, zookeeper, author, and television presenter, most famous for founding what is now called the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on the Channel Island of Jersey and for writing a number of books based on his animal-collecting and conservation expeditions. He was the brother of Lawrence Durrell.

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Air! Air!" croaked Kralefsky, "Give me air!" "Interesting," said Colonel Ribbindane. "Saw a pygmy like that once in the Congo... been trapped in an elephant's stomach. The elephant is the largest African quadruped.." "Do get him out," said Mother agitatedly. "Get some brandy." "Fan him! Blow on him!" shrilled Margo, and burst into tears. "He's dying, he's dying, and he never finished his trick.

As I watched the pulsing fire among the trees and heard the beat of the drum merge and tremble with the voices, forming an intricate pattern of sound, I knew that someday I would have to return or be haunted forever by the beauty and mystery that is Africa.

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In linea di massima sapevo che cosa aspettarmi, eppure rimasi affascinato perchè fu uno degli spettacoli più miracolosi e incredibili che avessi mai visto in tutti i miei anni di osservazioni naturalistiche. In realtà, il piccolo era in tutto e per tutto un embrione, nato in effetti dopo soli trentatrè giorni di gestazione. Era cieco e le zampe posteriori ordinatamente incrociate una sull'altra erano senza forza, eppure era stato messo nel vasto mondo. Come se questo non fosse già un grosso ostacolo, adesso quel coso doveva arrampicarsi su per il peloso petto di Pamela fino a trovare l'ingresso del marsupio. Un'impresa perfettamente paragonabile a quella di un cieco con le gambe rotte che dovesse arrampicarsi attraverso dense foreste fino alla cima del monte Everest, anche perchè il piccolo non riceveva il minimo aiuto da parte della madre.

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